Min søster vil ikke købe hvad som helst til aftensmad.

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Breakdown of Min søster vil ikke købe hvad som helst til aftensmad.

• købe: to buy
• ville: to want
• til: for

Questions & Answers about Min søster vil ikke købe hvad som helst til aftensmad.

Why is it vil ikke købe and not ikke vil købe?

Because in a normal Danish main clause, the finite verb usually comes in second position. Here, the finite verb is vil.

So the order is:

• Min søster = subject
• vil = finite verb
• ikke = negation
• købe = infinitive
• hvad som helst = object/expression meaning anything
• til aftensmad = for dinner

That gives:

Min søster vil ikke købe ...

This is very typical Danish word order. English often puts not right after the auxiliary too, so the pattern is not too strange:

• English: My sister will not buy ...
• Danish: Min søster vil ikke købe ...

What does vil mean here? Is it about the future, or about willingness?

It can suggest either, depending on context, but in this sentence it most naturally means something like is not willing to or won’t.

So Min søster vil ikke købe ... can feel like:

• My sister won’t buy ...
• My sister doesn’t want to buy ...

Danish vil often overlaps with English will/won’t, but it can also carry a sense of wanting or being willing.